ANSWERS: Chain Reaction: Extra Links 13

Two weeks have passed by since "Chain Reaction: Extra Links 13" was posted on this blog, and seventeen people have solved it since then:

• Cathy Bowen
• Marie desJardins
• Grant Fikes
• Cindy Heisler
• Joe Bernard
• Pavel Curtis
• Kevin Orfield
• Okieboy2008
• Derek Allen
• Michael Lebowitz
• Patrick Jordan
• Sam Levitin
• KeoFam
• Wendy Walker
• Chris Kochmanski
• Mom
• Steve Gunter

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #587: Chain Reaction: Extra Links 13

PUZZLE #587

CHAIN REACTION: EXTRA LINKS 13

This puzzle contains a word or phrase suggested by Patron M. Sean Molley. Support me on Patreon at $15 or more per month to suggest one word or phrase for me to put into a puzzle every month!

For this puzzle, there are seven golden "links" that link together six two-word phrases when reading down. However, it's completely blank, save for some dashes that reveal how long each word is (four dashes translate to a four-letter word, for instance). To help you figure out these words, though, there are some extra silver links with words already in them which, when combined with the golden link to the left or right of it, make another two-word phrase. In the above example, the two-word phrases with silver links in them are "Chain Restaurants", "Gut Reaction", "Time Zone", and "Fruit Flies", so the final "golden chain" is "CHAIN - REACTION - TIME - FLIES".

Once you've completely filled in the chain, scramble the letters in the orange squares to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: a seven-letter word.

Once you think you know what the FINAL ANSWER is, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or even ask for a hint, though you'll be marked as having used one if you do so) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured it out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for a link to a .PDF version which you can print out!

ANSWERS: Chain Reaction: Extra Links 12

Roughly two weeks have gone by since "Chain Reaction: Extra Links 12" was posted on this blog, and seventeen people have solved it since then:

• Grant Fikes
• Cathy Bowen
• Cindy Heisler
• Kevin Orfield
• Josie Giles
• Mike Armstrong
• Chris Kochmanski
• Stasi Gustafson
• Marie desJardins
• Derek Allen
• KeoFam
• Wendy Walker
• Tamara Brenner
• Sam Levitin
• Mom
• Steve Gunter
• Lynn Sweeney

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #516: Chain Reaction: Extra Links 12

PUZZLE #516

CHAIN REACTION: EXTRA LINKS 12

For this puzzle, there are seven golden "links" that link together six two-word phrases when reading down. However, it's completely blank, save for some dashes that reveal how long each word is (four dashes translate to a four-letter word, for instance). To help you figure out these words, though, there are some extra silver links with words already in them which, when combined with the golden link to the left or right of it, make another two-word phrase. In the above example, the two-word phrases with silver links in them are "Chain Restaurants", "Gut Reaction", "Time Zone", and "Fruit Flies", so the final "golden chain" is "CHAIN - REACTION - TIME - FLIES".

Once you've completely filled in the chain, scramble the letters in the orange squares to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: a seven-letter word.

Once you believe you've figured out the FINAL ANSWER, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or even ask for a hint, though you'll be marked as having used one if you do so) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured it out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for a link to a .PDF version which you can print out!

ANSWERS: Chain Rection: Extra Links 11

It's been almost two weeks since "Chain Reaction: Extra Links 11" was posted on this blog, which means that it's time for me to reveal the list of all eighteen people who have solved it since then:

• Grant Fikes
• Cindy Heisler
• Joe Bernard
• Kevin Orfield
• Tyler Hinman
• Mike Lebowitz
• Mike Armstrong
• Chris Kochmanski
• Perry Groot
• Tamara Brenner
• Sam Levitin
• KeoFam
• Steve Gunter
• Mom
• Wendy Walker
• Lynn Sweeney
• Al Sisti
• Katiedid

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #454: Chain Reaction: Extra Links 11

PUZZLE #454

CHAIN REACTION: EXTRA LINKS 11

For this puzzle, there are seven golden "links" that link together six two-word phrases when reading down. However, it's completely blank, save for some dashes that reveal how long each word is (four dashes translate to a four-letter word, for instance). To help you figure out these words, though, there are some extra silver links with words already in them which, when combined with the golden link to the left or right of it, make another two-word phrase. In the above example, the two-word phrases with silver links in them are "Chain Restaurants", "Gut Reaction", "Time Zone", and "Fruit Flies", so the final "golden chain" is "CHAIN - REACTION - TIME - FLIES".

Once you've completely filled in the chain, scramble the letters in the orange squares to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: a seven-letter word.

Once you believe you've figured out the FINAL ANSWER, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or even ask for a hint, though you'll be marked as having used one if you do so) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured it out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for a link to a .PDF version which you can print out!

ANSWERS: Chain Reaction: Extra Links 10

It's been nearly two weeks since "Chain Reaction: Extra Links 10" was posted on this blog, so now's the time for me to unveil the list of everyone who has solved it since then:

• Grant Fikes
• Cindy Heisler
• Chris Kochmanski
• Kevin Orfield
• Tyler Hinman
• Mike Armstrong
• Sam Levitin
• Michael Lebowitz
• Adam Weaver
• KeoFam
• Wendy Walker
• Tamara Brenner
• Lynn Sweeney
• Mom

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #410: Chain Reaction: Extra Links 10

PUZZLE #410

CHAIN REACTION: EXTRA LINKS 10

For this puzzle, there are seven golden "links" that link together six two-word phrases when reading down. However, it's completely blank, save for some dashes that reveal how long each word is (four dashes translate to a four-letter word, for instance). To help you figure out these words, though, there are some extra silver links with words already in them which, when combined with the golden link to the left or right of it, make another two-word phrase. In the above example, the two-word phrases with silver links in them are "Chain Restaurants", "Gut Reaction", "Time Zone", and "Fruit Flies", so the final "golden chain" is "CHAIN - REACTION - TIME - FLIES".

Once you've completely filled in the chain, scramble the letters in the orange squares to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: a seven-letter word.

Once you believe you've figured out the FINAL ANSWER, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or even ask for a hint, though you'll be marked as having used one if you do so) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured it out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for a link to a .PDF version which you can print out!

ANSWERS: Chain Reaction: Extra Links 9

It's been almost two weeks since "Chain Reaction: Extra Links 9" was posted on this blog, and an impressive thirteen people have successfully solved it since then, as you can see in the list below:

• Grant Fikes ****
• Cindy Heisler ****
• Giovanni Pagano ****
• Tyler Hinman ****
• Kevin Orfield ****
• Les Y. ****
• Patrick Jordan ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Mom ****
• Bonnie Veenschoten ****
• Stephen Potter ****
• Debbie Benford ***
• Lynn Sweeney ****

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #322: Chain Reaction: Extra Links 9

PUZZLE #322

CHAIN REACTION: EXTRA LINKS 9

Hey, guess what? Game Show Network's Chain Reaction is coming back yet again (this time with the original 2006-07 host Dylan Lane), so I've made another puzzle inspired by that show to celebrate! Sure, it doesn't start airing until a week from now, but I didn't know that when I originally crafted this puzzle; all I had was a "Coming This February" announcement, so I made sure that it was set to be published this month. So now that you know the backstory behind this particular puzzle, here's a refresher on how to solve it!

For this puzzle, there are seven golden "links" that link together six two-word phrases when reading down. However, it's completely blank, save for some dashes that reveal how long each word is (four dashes translate to a four-letter word, for instance). To help you figure out these words, though, there are some extra silver links with words already in them which, when combined with the golden link to the left or right of it, make another two-word phrase. In the above example, the two-word phrases with silver links in them are "Chain Restaurants", "Gut Reaction", "Time Zone", and "Fruit Flies", so the final "golden chain" is "CHAIN - REACTION - TIME - FLIES".

Once you've completely filled in the chain, scramble the letters in the orange squares to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: a seven-letter word.

Once you believe you've figured out the FINAL ANSWER, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or get a hint from me in exchange for a "hint star"; more details for that are on the sidebar to the right) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured it out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for a link to a .PDF version which you can print out!

ANSWERS: Chain Reaction: Extra Links 8

Thirteen days have passed since "Chain Reaction: Extra Links 8" was posted on this blog, and nine people have successfully solved that puzzle since then, as you can see in the list below:

• Cindy Heisler ****
• Grant Fikes ***
• Joe Bernard ****
• Pavel Curtis ****
• Stephen Potter ****
• Mom ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Kevin Orfield ****
• Eric Maddy ****

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #276: Chain Reaction: Extra Links 8

PUZZLE #276

CHAIN REACTION: EXTRA LINKS 8

For this puzzle, there are seven golden "links" that link together six two-word phrases when reading down. However, it's completely blank, save for some dashes that reveal how long each word is (four dashes translate to a four-letter word, for instance). To help you figure out these words, though, there are some extra silver links with words already in them which, when combined with the golden link to the left or right of it, make another two-word phrase. In the above example, the two-word phrases with silver links in them are "Chain Restaurants", "Gut Reaction", "Time Zone", and "Fruit Flies", so the final "golden chain" is "CHAIN - REACTION - TIME - FLIES".

Once you've completely filled in the chain, scramble the letters in the orange squares to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: a seven-letter word.

Once you believe you've figured out the FINAL ANSWER, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or get a hint from me in exchange for a "hint star", more details for that are on the sidebar to the right) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured it out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for two versions you can print out: a .PNG and a link to a .PDF!

ANSWERS: Chain Reaction: Extra Links 7

A fake screenshot for a fake Powerpuff Girls game for GAME BOY
(GAME BOY being part of this puzzle's chain)

Thirteen days have passed since "Chain Reaction: Extra Links 7" was posted on this blog, and a whopping eleven people since then have successfully solved it, as you can see in the list below:

• Grant Fikes ****
• Pavel Curtis ****
• Joe Bernard ****
• Tyler Hinman ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Patrick Jordan ****
• Eric Maddy ****
• Mom ***
• Debbie Benford ****
• Stephen Staver ****
• Lynn Sweeney ****

Now head below the break for the answers as well as plenty of solver comments!

PUZZLE #231: Chain Reaction: Extra Links 7

PUZZLE #231

CHAIN REACTION: EXTRA LINKS 7

For this puzzle, there are seven golden "links" that link together six two-word phrases when reading down. However, it's completely blank, save for some dashes that reveal how long each word is (four dashes translate to a four-letter word, for instance). To help you figure out these words, though, there are some extra silver links with words already in them which, when combined with the golden link to the left or right of it, make another two-word phrase. In the above example, the two-word phrases with silver links in them are "Chain Restaurants", "Gut Reaction", "Time Zone", and "Fruit Flies", so the final "golden chain" is "CHAIN - REACTION - TIME - FLIES".

Once you've completely filled in the chain, scramble the letters in the orange squares to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: a seven-letter word.

Once you think you know what the FINAL ANSWER is, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or get a hint from me in exchange for a "hint star", more details for that are on the sidebar to the right) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured it out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for two versions you can print out: a .PNG and a link to a .PDF!

ANSWERS: Chain Reaction: Extra Links 6

It's been thirteen days since "Chain Reaction: Extra Links 6" was posted on this blog, and just like last week's answer post, ten people since then have gotten the FINAL ANSWER, as you can see in the list below:

• Grant Fikes ****
• Eric Maddy ****
• Dan Simonds ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Tyler Hinman ****
• Mom ****
• Patrick Jordan ****
• Debbie Benford ****
• Lynn Sweeney ****
• Alex Milton ***

Now head below the break for the answers as well as a couple of quick solver comments!

PUZZLE #196: Chain Reaction: Extra Links 6

PUZZLE #196

CHAIN REACTION: EXTRA LINKS 6

For this puzzle, there are seven golden "links" that link together six two-word phrases when reading down. However, it's completely blank, save for some dashes that reveal how long each word is (four dashes translate to a four-letter word, for instance). To help you figure out these words, though, there are some extra silver links with words already in them which, when combined with the golden link to the left or right of it, make another two-word phrase. In the above example, the two-word phrases with silver links in them are "Chain Restaurants", "Gut Reaction", "Time Zone", and "Fruit Flies", so the final "golden chain" is "CHAIN - REACTION - TIME - FLIES".

Once you've completely filled in the chain, scramble the letters in the orange squares to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: a seven-letter word.

Once you believe you've figured out the FINAL ANSWER, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or get a hint from me in exchange for a "hint star", more details for that are on the sidebar to the right) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured it out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for a version you can print out!

ANSWERS: Chain Reaction: Extra Links 5

Before I reveal the answers to my fifth "Chain Reaction: Extra Links" puzzle, I just wanted to inform you of a game I've been playing a lot lately. It's a free game on Steam called Picross Touch, and it's basically a bunch of Picross puzzles. I've already completed the main game a little over a week ago, but it also includes an area where you can solve user-made puzzles or even create puzzles of your own for other people to solve. I've already made four of my own and uploaded them, and one of them has been the #1 "Trending" level since last Wednesday and still is as of this writing! (I call it "Splatoon Squid") So if you're interested, you can Download Picross Touch right now for free through Steam (It's also on Google Play and Apple's App Store, but it doesn't look like either of those versions include custom levels). If you want to play the puzzles I have on there so far, just type "Splatoon Squid", "Big U", "Vampire Smiley", or "Samus Aran" in the game's search bar while you're in the game's Workshop area.

Now with that unpaid advertisement out of the way, lets look at the whopping ten people who have solved my puzzle from thirteen days ago, one of whom is a new one who makes crosswords for USA Today!

• Grant Fikes ****
• Pavel Curtis ****
• Patrick Jordan ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Mom ***
• Eric Maddy ***
• Lynn Sweeney ****
• Tyler Hinman ****
• Dan Simonds ****
• Debbie Benford ***

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #165: Chain Reaction: Extra Links 5

PUZZLE #165

CHAIN REACTION: EXTRA LINKS 5

For this puzzle, there are seven golden "links" that link together six two-word phrases when reading down. However, it's completely blank, save for some dashes that reveal how long each word is (four dashes translate to a four-letter word, for instance). To help you figure out these words, though, there are some extra silver links with words already in them which, when combined with the golden link to the left or right of it, make another two-word phrase. In the above example, the two-word phrases with silver links in them are "Chain Restaurants", "Gut Reaction", "Time Zone", and "Fruit Flies", so the final "golden chain" is "CHAIN - REACTION - TIME - FLIES".

Once you've completely filled in the chain, scramble the letters in the orange squares to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: a seven-letter word.

Once you think you know what the FINAL ANSWER is, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or get a hint from me in exchange for a "hint star", more details for that are on the sidebar to the right) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured it out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for a version you can print out!

ANSWERS: Chain Reaction: Extra Links 4

I'll post the answers to "Chain Reaction: Extra Links 4" in a minute, but first, if you're one of the very few people supporting me on Patreon, you may have noticed that I haven't posted a new puzzle there in two weeks. Well, that's because I'm a little disappointed in how this Patreon venture is turning out so far, and I fear that I'm starting to lose motivation for puzzle-making again. The number of Patrons that support me hasn't gone up, and the number of regular solvers seems to have went down a bit, even after I've added ways to "Follow by Email" and "Subscribe to Posts" on the sidebar! Take a look:

• Grant Fikes ***
• Yossi Fendel ****
• Mom ***
• Sam Levitin ****
• Lynn Sweeney ****
• Eric Maddy ***
• Debbie Benford ****

Any ideas on what I should do? Until I get answers to that, I'll try to add at least one more puzzle to Patreon before next week, and if you want the answers to "Extra Links", just go below the break.

PUZZLE #122: Chain Reaction: Extra Links 4

PUZZLE #122

CHAIN REACTION: EXTRA LINKS 4

For this puzzle, there are seven golden "links" that link together six two-word phrases when reading down. However, it's completely blank, save for some dashes that reveal how long each word is (four dashes translate to a four-letter word, for instance). To help you figure out these words, though, there are some extra silver links with words already in them which, when combined with the golden link to the left or right of it, make another two-word phrase. In the above example, the two-word phrases with silver links in them are "Chain Restaurants", "Gut Reaction", "Time Zone", and "Fruit Flies", so the final "golden chain" is "CHAIN - REACTION - TIME - FLIES".

Once you've completely filled in the chain, scramble the letters in the orange squares to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: a seven-letter word.

Once you believe you've figured out the FINAL ANSWER, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or get a hint from me in exchange for a "hint star", more details for that are on the sidebar to the right) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured that one out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for a version you can print out!